Waltham boy part of award-winning robotics team

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Apr 13, 2014 at 1:00 PM

Paul Terrasi of Waltham, a junior member of Boston College High School's FIRST robotics team, traveled to Nashua, N.H., on March 1 to compete in the Granite State District event against 38 other New England robotics teams.The BC High team named its Robot FRC 3958, "Schrodinger's Cat."Terrasi and his teammates spent nearly six weeks designing and building the "Cat." After a day of fierce battle, team spirit and camaraderie, Team 3958 was overjoyed when the judges announced that the BC High team won the Imagery Award. This award is selected by the judges for attractiveness in engineering and outstanding visual aesthetic integration from the machine to team appearance.FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a program developed to promote science and technology to today's youth.